Music Stars React to the Murder of Walter Scott

Latest unjustified police shooting sparks outrage.

#BlackLivesMatter - The insane rash of police brutality incidents shows no signs of slowing down. South Carolina police officer Michael Slager was charged with murder after shooting an unarmed Black man named Walter Scott in the back eight times this weekend. As the leaked video of the killing makes it way throughout the web and news outlets around the world, check out what some of your favorite recording artists had to say about this latest lynching.  (Photos from left: Kat Goduco/WENN.com, Walter Scott via Facebook, AP Photo/North Charleston Police Department, Jason Merritt/BET/Getty Images for BET)
Janelle Monáe, Cindi, @JanelleMonae - Walter Scott's lynching hit close to home for Janelle Monae.(Photo: Janelle Monae via Twitter)
Big Boi, @BigBoi - Big Boi explained loud and clear why black people run from the police.(Photo: AP Photo/Courtesy of L. Chris Stewart via Big Boi via Twitter)K. Michelle, @kmichelle - K. Michelle pointed out that it was open season on Black men by the police.(Photo: K. Michelle via Twitter)

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#BlackLivesMatter - The insane rash of police brutality incidents shows no signs of slowing down. South Carolina police officer Michael Slager was charged with murder after shooting an unarmed Black man named Walter Scott in the back eight times this weekend. As the leaked video of the killing makes it way throughout the web and news outlets around the world, check out what some of your favorite recording artists had to say about this latest lynching.  (Photos from left: Kat Goduco/WENN.com, Walter Scott via Facebook, AP Photo/North Charleston Police Department, Jason Merritt/BET/Getty Images for BET)

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